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Department of Space

In research, Department of Space stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,285 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,483 of 5,901 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,643 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics (Aerospace Engineering is 14.7× its share of world research).

isro.gov.inROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#6,772
of 22,385 · #4,965 all time
Rank in India
#339
of 1,562
Research works
11k
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
116k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Department of Space

What is Department of Space known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,285 of 10,670 4.0%2,614 #2347
EngineeringField #2,483 of 5,901 2.7%1,176 #2046
Environmental ScienceField #1,643 of 3,334 5.5%546 #1991
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #531 of 785 2.3%503 #512
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #790 of 1,088 4.7%339 #888
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #454 of 544 5.3%197 #883
Environmental EngineeringSubfield #288 of 336 3.8%124 #503
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,708 of 3,157 9.1%85 #3514
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,878 of 2,176 1.6%229 #2355
Physics and AstronomyField #1,260 of 1,417 4.9%229 #1872

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Space sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,347 #3,285
  2. Engineering#2,046 #2,483
  3. Environmental Science#1,991 #1,643
  4. Aerospace Engineering#512 #531
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#888 #790
  6. Global and Planetary Change#883 #454
  7. Environmental Engineering#503 #288
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,514 #2,708
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,355 #1,878
  10. Physics and Astronomy#1,872 #1,260
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Department of Space work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Department of Space is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (40%), Environmental Science (19%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,945 fractional works · 90.7% of its workEngineering: 1,296 fractional works · 39.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 556 fractional works · 17.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 239 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 98 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedia Technology: 73 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 64 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 45 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 615 fractional works · 19.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 220 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 141 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 102 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 46 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 386 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 208 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOceanography: 103 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 282 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 202 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 231 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 76 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 57 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 70 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 131 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 101 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 110 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 61 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDepartment ofSpace3,247fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,29639.9%
    2. Environmental Science61519.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences38611.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2828.7%
    5. Computer Science2317.1%
    6. Materials Science702.2%
    7. Chemistry250.8%
    8. Mathematics180.5%
    9. Energy100.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1013.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology250.8%
    3. Neuroscience40.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    1. Social Sciences561.7%
    2. Decision Sciences160.5%
    3. Psychology140.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities90.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting80.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.2%
    1. Medicine511.6%
    2. Health Professions80.2%
    3. Nursing10.0%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Department of Space specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 555.9 works15×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 207.5 works14×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 202.1 works12×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 103.4 works11×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 219.6 works8.9×
  6. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 141.5 works8.1×
  7. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 386.4 works7.6×
  8. Media TechnologySubfield · 73.3 works7.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 101 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 231 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.59× its world share, 386 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.66× its world share, 1,296 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.81× its world share, 615 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 70 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.91× its world share, 282 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.59×386 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.91×282 works
  3. Environmental Science3.81×615 works
  4. Engineering2.66×1,296 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.91×10 works
  6. Computer Science0.91×231 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×101 works
  8. Materials Science0.62×70 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.51×16 works
  10. Chemistry0.49×25 works
  11. Mathematics0.46×18 works
  12. Energy0.35×10 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×25 works
  14. Psychology0.14×14 works
  15. Social Sciences0.14×56 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.10×9 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×7 works
  18. Health Professions0.09×8 works
  19. Medicine0.08×51 works
  20. Veterinary0.08×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×8 works
  22. Neuroscience0.07×4 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×1 works
  24. Nursing0.06×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×1 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Department of Space?

Ranked on the quality score, P. V. Radhadevi and Geeta Varadan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Department of Space.

  1. 1 P. V. Radhadevi India · #5,263,118 worldwide 412 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Geeta Varadan India · #6,730,499 worldwide 150 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Department of Space

What are the most cited papers from Department of Space?

The most cited paper from Department of Space is "The Community Land Model Version 5: Description of New Features, Benchmarking, and Impact of Forcing Uncertainty" (David M. Lawrence et al., 2019), with 2,207 citations. Next come "The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope" (2,034) and "Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005" (1,243).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Community Land Model Version 5: Description of New Features, Benchmarking, and Impact of Forcing Uncertainty David M. Lawrence et al. · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Open access 19 Oct 2019 2,207
2 The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope Peter W. A. Roming et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access Oct 2005 2,034
3 Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005 Roger A. Pielke, Joel Gratz, Christopher William Landsea et al. · Natural Hazards Review 18 Jan 2008 1,243
4 SEGUE: A SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF 240,000 STARS WITH g = 14-20 B. Yanny et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access108 authors 7 Apr 2009 1,183
5 Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite The Euclid Theory Working Group et al. · Living Reviews in Relativity Open access 12 Apr 2018 1,047
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Department of Space?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Biomass Estimation, Global Warming, Machine Learning, Land Use Change and Climate.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing516▲ 13×35 topics
  2. Climate Change408▲ 4.6×79 topics
  3. Machine Learning201▲ 1.85×63 topics
  4. Deep Learning173▲ 1.55×70 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling158▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Biomass Estimation110▲ 22×3 topics
  7. Global Warming106▲ 7.6×11 topics
  8. Land Use Change95▲ 9.8×8 topics
  9. Climate92▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Data Assimilation90▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Support Vector Machines82▲ 7.9×7 topics
  12. Global Change81▲ 9.4×6 topics
  13. Sea Level Rise80▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Thermal Analysis72▲ 17×8 topics
  15. Satellite Observations71▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Ocean Circulation70▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Phenology68▲ 30×1 topic
  18. Vegetation Monitoring68▲ 30×1 topic
  19. Hyperspectral Imaging68▲ 7.8×6 topics
  20. CubeSat67▲ 112×1 topic
  21. small satellite67▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Artificial Neural Networks67▲ 4.5×8 topics
  23. Satellite Imagery66▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Hyperspectral62▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Orbit Determination60▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Validation60▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Hydrological Cycle58▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Hydrology54▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Change Detection51▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Disaster Management51▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Image Analysis51▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Object-Based Analysis50▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Spectral Unmixing50▲ 31×1 topic
  34. SAR Interferometry50▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Surface Deformation Monitoring50▲ 66×1 topic
  36. Air Quality49▲ 8.0×5 topics
  37. Flood Risk48▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Surface Water Mapping48▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Urban Heat Island44▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Terrestrial Laser Scanning44▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Department of Space publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Spacecraft Design and Technology, Remote-Sensing Image Classification and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques.

Remote Sensing in Agricu…68Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 68 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…67Spacecraft Design and Technology: 67 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…50Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 50 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar…50Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 50 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 48 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 39 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…37Planetary Science and Exploration: 37 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 37 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 37 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navi…36Inertial Sensor and Navigation: 36 fractional works
EcologyAerospace EngineeringMedia TechnologyGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 68 works
  2. 2 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 67 works
  3. 3 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 50 works
  4. 4 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 50 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 48 works
  6. 6 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  7. 7 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 37 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 37 works
  9. 9 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 37 works
  10. 10 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 36 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Department of Space's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Department of Space as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Department of Space0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Department of Space over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Department of Space4.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2004.

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In research, Department of Space stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,285 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,483 of 5,901 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,643 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics (Aerospace Engineering is 14.7× its share of world research).

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